St. Columba's Episcopal Church Podcast

As always, we welcome all to join with us in these timeless prayers. So come as you are, let down your burdens, find your rest in God’s expansive Love. This love is sweeping over you and all of Creation, sweeping ‘round and ‘round the world throughout all time and in all places. 

As always, we welcome all to join with us in these timeless prayers. So come as you are, let down your burdens, find your rest in God’s expansive Love. This love is sweeping over you and all of Creation, sweeping ‘round and ‘round the world throughout all time and in all places. 

As always, we welcome all to join with us in these timeless prayers. So come as you are, let down your burdens, find your rest in God’s expansive Love. This love is sweeping over you and all of Creation, sweeping ‘round and ‘round the world throughout all time and in all places. 

This service of prayers for healing comes to us from Iona Abbey in Scotland. These prayers from the Iona Abbey Worship Book reflect our belief that God's purpose for us all is a life of wholeness, as expressed in the life and teaching of Jesus. The ministry of healing is an integral part of our Christian witness. 

As always, we welcome all to join with us in these timeless prayers. So come as you are, let down your burdens, find your rest in God’s expansive Love. This love is sweeping over you and all of Creation, sweeping ‘round and ‘round the world throughout all time and in all places. 

As always, we welcome all to join with us in these timeless prayers. So come as you are, let down your burdens, find your rest in God’s expansive Love. This love is sweeping over you and all of Creation, sweeping ‘round and ‘round the world throughout all time and in all places. 

Now in these unprecedented times, our world is hushed... In the quiet and the chaos, we’re witnessing the wellspring of new life, even in the midst of death. All the world is now, perhaps for the first time ever, singularly focused on the healing of one another and the healing of “this fragile Earth, our island home.” 

In this October 4 prayer podcast, we gather with all creatures great and small in blessing and thanksgiving.

This service of prayers for healing comes to us from Iona Abbey in Scotland. These prayers from the Iona Abbey Worship Book reflect our belief that God's purpose for us all is a life of wholeness, as expressed in the life and teaching of Jesus. The ministry of healing is an integral part of our Christian witness. 

This service of prayers for healing comes to us from Iona Abbey in Scotland. These prayers from the Iona Abbey Worship Book reflect our belief that God's purpose for us all is a life of wholeness, as expressed in the life and teaching of Jesus. The ministry of healing is an integral part of our Christian witness. 

This week our Hymns and Prayers for Justice and Peace lift up all peoples of this nation and their forebears. Let us Go Forth, rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit!

Our weekly Celtic Evening Prayer podcasts continue with readings, prayers, pdf/bulletins, and hymns for August 30, 2020. In this widened space at the end of the day, our prayers encircle the world continuously. We rest into the power of quietness and the healing touch of God. As were all those who have gone before us, we too are comforted and calmed at this hour of twilight by candlelight, music and prayer. 

This week we continue our Sunday, July 19th Celtic Prayers for Healing from the Iona Abbey Worship Book. 

This service of prayers for healing comes to us from Iona Abbey in Scotland. These prayers from the Iona Abbey Worship Book reflect our belief that God's purpose for us all is a life of wholeness, as expressed in the life and teaching of Jesus. The ministry of healing is an integral part of our Christian witness.

This week our Hymns and Prayers for Justice and Peace lift up all peoples of this nation and their forebears. Let us Go Forth, rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit!

God commands us through Jesus Christ to love one another. In baptism, we promise to seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving our neighbors as ourselves and to strive for justice and peace, and respect the dignity of every human being. Let us now honor those vows and pray for our nation in this election season, for wise and just leaders, and for the needs of others throughout our country and the world.

Our weekly Celtic Evening Prayer podcasts continue with readings, prayers, pdf/bulletins, and hymns for Pentecost Day, June 14, 2020. This calming evening prayer podcast is offered for weekly or nightly devotions.

Together we offer our prayers for all God's people and our confession during this time of national upheaval, outrage, and fear.

Our weekly Celtic Evening Prayer podcasts continue with readings, prayers, pdf/bulletins, and hymns for Pentecost Day, June 7, 2020. This calming evening prayer podcast is offered for weekly or nightly devotions.

Our weekly Celtic Evening Prayer podcasts continue with readings, prayers, pdf/bulletins, and hymns for Pentecost Day, May 31, 2020. This calming evening prayer podcast is offered for weekly or nightly devotions.

Our weekly Celtic Evening Prayer podcasts continue with readings, prayers, pdf/bulletins, and hymns for the 7th Sunday of Easter. This calming evening prayer podcast is offered for weekly or nightly devotions.

Our weekly Celtic Evening Prayer podcasts continue with readings, prayers, pdf/bulletins, and hymns for the 6th Sunday of Easter. This calming evening prayer podcast is offered for weekly or nightly devotions.

Our weekly Celtic Evening Prayer podcasts continue with readings, prayers, pdf/bulletins, and hymns for the 5th Sunday of Easter. This calming evening prayer podcast is offered for weekly or nightly devotions.

We lift up a special reflection on the origin of Mother's Day with music and prayers for all who raise us up from generation to generation.

You are invited to light a candle... or three... as the evening's twilight settles into the darkness of night.  These evening prayers are there for you at any time you may be feeling the darkness surrounding you.

You are invited to light a candle... or three... as the evening's twilight settles into the darkness of night.  These evening prayers are there for you at any time you may be feeling the darkness surrounding you.

You are invited to light a candle... or three... as the evening's twilight settles into the darkness of night.  These evening prayers are there for you at any time you may be feeling the darkness surrounding you.

In this time of the pandemic, we are changing and being changed. What once was urgent in our daily lives is now put on pause. Other more immediate ways of living and dying are transforming us.  You are invited to pray these evening prayers and light a candle to shine light into a darkened world. 

On this most holy night, in which Jesus passed over from death to life, the Church invites all faithful people, dispersed throughout the world, to gather in vigil and prayer. For this is the Passover of the Lord, in which, by hearing his Word and celebrating his Sacraments, we share in his victory over death.

In previous years, it has long been the tradition to hold an ecumenical Good Friday Service at St. Columba's in Boothbay Harbor.  This year we continue that spirit by inviting everyone near and far to gather for a reading of the Passion and to pray the Solemn Collects.

You are invited to light a candle... or three... as the evening's twilight settles into the darkness of night.  These evening prayers are there for you at any time you may be feeling the darkness surrounding you.

The Liturgy of the Palms readings and prayers have a new twist this year. You are invited to trim a branch from your own yard, one that you would wave for Jesus if he came by your place today. We'll also be doing a Blessing of our Hands... the palms of our hands... with your favorite lotion or oil.

St. Columba's Episcopal Church, Boothbay Harbor, Maine Celtic Evening Prayer Service for Sunday, March 29, 2020. 

As were all those who have gone before us, we too are comforted and calmed at this hour of twilight by candlelight, music and prayer. 

The Celtic tradition holds that we find God in Christ in our hearts, in each other, and in all Creation.  As always, we welcome all to join with us in these timeless prayers.

Come as you are, let down your burdens, and find your rest in Christ. God's expansive love is sweeping over you and all of Creation, moving ‘round and ‘round the world throughout all time and in all places.